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For Evelyn and Ade time passes; sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes all at once, but always away from what was and relentlessly towards what will be. Their little family of two, of four, of three, of one, not necessarily in that order, travels together towards a new beginning, or an old ending. Or both. Only time will tell.
Funny, beautiful, human and wise this is Sylvia Dow's first play. Sylvia is not a young writer. Sylvia is 73.
Graceful.
Some of the writing is too elliptical for its own good, and the pace sometimes crosses the line separating the dreamlike from the lethargic, but there's a playful charm to Selma Dimitrijevic's production.
Humane but insubstantial.
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday September 18, 2012, until Wednesday September 19, 2012. More info: www.traverse.co.uk